Show 41 Thor S Angels

“Tacitus wrote a piece and in part he's trying to compare, you know, the decadent Roman values with the formerly great Roman values, which he compared favorably to the values of the German tribal people.”

“There's a new book called a most dangerous book about how Tacitus' description of German ethnicity in the early German tribes had been twisted and used by people who wanted to somehow suggest that there was something extra special about people who had those physical characteristics and that blood.”

“Heather quotes Sedonius, writing at the time of what it was like to have German house guests, describing their habits and appearance.”

“Sedonius, a fifth-century Gallo-Roman poet, describes the experience of having Germanic guests, highlighting their long hair and habits.”

“Historian Will Durant points out the church's resentment towards the Roman idea that religion was subordinate to the state, viewing emperor worship as polytheism and idolatry.”

“Brian Ward Perkins discusses the crisis and decline at the end of the Roman Empire, arguing against the notion that it was a mere transformation into a medieval form.”

“Peter Wells examines the continuity of occupation in Roman cities during the early medieval period, challenging the idea of decline.”

“Tacitus, like many historians, was a moralist. He was trying to hold a mirror up to his society and show them what virtues they've lost and why they're paying a price for that now.”

“Imagine Kevin Costner's famous movie dances with wolves, where he spends the whole movie getting closer to these Native American tribes, only to find out that they're not as barbaric.”

“Like something out of a Tolkien book. This is Gondor or Rohan.”

“Gregory of Tours is one of the main people who writes about Clovis, detailing his life and battles shortly after Clovis's death.”